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sweater

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Clothes
sweat·er /ˈswetə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 noun [countable]  DCCa piece of warm wool or cotton clothing with long sleeves, which covers the top half of your body 〔长袖〕毛线衣,羊毛衫,针织(套)衫 SYN British English jumper
Examples from the Corpus
sweaterIf you have the body of a sweater in cable strips you might leave the sleeves in stocking stitch.Inspired by the patterns of the Fair Isles, our beautiful sweater will make a fine addition to your wardrobe.Washington defenseman Brendan Witt attacked any blue sweater on the ice.Black and white thick chenille cropped sweater, £293.Her sweaters, which she had imagined quite bulky, proved in fact to be flat and few.Three slowly becomes obsessed with cooking, cleaning, nice sweaters and the little specks of food stuck between teeth.We take a look at some of the most sensational sweaters around.Sweetheart, let me button your sweater.
Origin sweater (1800-1900) sweat; because it was originally worn when doing exercise, to make you sweat
sweat·er nounChineseSyllable
with wool Corpus piece cotton a long warm of or clothing


sweater
sweater /ˈswetə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: sweat; because it was originally worn when doing exercise, to make you sweat

a piece of warm wool or cotton clothing with long sleeves, which covers the top half of your body
   SYN  jumper British English


🔑 sweat·erBrE /ˈswetə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈswetər/ 🔊 noun
a knitted piece of clothing made of wool or cotton for the upper part of the body, with long sleeves. In British English the word is used to describe a piece of clothing with no buttons. In American English a sweater can have buttons and be like a jacket. 毛衣,线衣(英式英语指套头无扣的;美式英语可指开襟有扣的)